BRIDGETON — A gas station on East Commerce Street robbed at gunpoint Monday night, police said.

It was the third reported robbery at a city gas station in less than 24 hours. Unlike the two previous attempted robberies reported Sunday night, this one was successful, according to police.

Police were called to Garden State Fuel on East Commerce Street at around 7:30 p.m. by an employee of the station. He told police that he was held at gunpoint and robbed of money and cigarettes.

The victim said that a dark green Oldsmobile pulled up to the station, and a man who had a mask covering the lower half of his face got out of the driver side door.

The masked man walked up to the attendant's booth and shoved the employee inside, police said.

With a gun to his stomach, the victim pulled some money out of his pocket and gave it to the suspect. Police said the suspect took some cigarettes from inside the booth before getting back in the car and driving south down Buckshutem Road.

The attendant was not injured in the incident, police said. The amount of money stolen was not disclosed.

The vehicle used in the robbery was found abandoned in Fairfield Township later Monday night, and police said that it had been reported stolen in Vineland on Sunday. Bridgeton Police are looking for more evidence inside the vehicle.

A car of similar description was reportedly used in one of Sunday's attempted gas station robberies, but police aren't sure if the two incidents are linked yet.

“It is a possibility this vehicle was used in a previous gas station robbery, and we are trying to determine this now," Lt. James Battavio of the Bridgeton Police said.

Anyone with information is urged to call Bridgeton Police at 856-451-0033.